The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

FedUp! is working with a group called The People
United, a grassroots social justice network that has
members all over Virginia. We are planning an event
for December 10th in Richmond. December 10th is the
International Day for Human Rights. The idea is to
address human rights violations in prisons abroad,
like Abu Ghraib, and make the correlation between the
Human Rights Violations that are taking place here in
Virginia. The people in this country were appalled
when photographs and footage of torture and abuse
found its way to the public. If only we can get the
people in this country to see what has been happening
here in Virginia and in prisons across the United
States, the reaction would be the same – horrified,
ashamed, and outraged. So, please if you can, try to
attend the rally in Richmond on December 10th. It will
take place at 2:30pm at the Oliver Hill Court House
which is located across from the City Jail. There will
be speakers and a march. Keep your evening free for an
evening event is being planned where we will have a
chance to network and strategize about where we want
to go from here. Together our voices our strong. STOP
THE ABUSE! There are also plans for an event on Sunday
the 11th people to gather at one of Virginia’s Super
Max prisons. There will be transportation provided.

Prisoners must be treated with respect for their
dignity as human beings and for their fundamental
rights, whatever their crimes.

For more information contact:
Art at 804-303 3270
or email antiprison@yahoo.com
www.signalfire.org/Dec10